Malcolm Butler

Originally posted by jcs:

Originally posted by valrod33:

Originally posted by Dillesq:

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Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by English:

Originally posted by Fincham11:

Just heard he didn't play because he missed curfew and was caught with weed.

So why did he play a snap then? Odd.

Here's the tweet

A family friend who I trust, is well connected in law enforcement and was in Minny this week with local cops told me Butler missed curfew, got caught with weed when he came back late to hotel, and subsequently had a meltdown on coaches

— Joey Cartolano (@JoeyPigskins) February 5, 2018

Well...I was just thinking how we can Improve our secondary but this about closes this thread..lol sorry folks.

I just don't believe this. I think this is a planted story. No way a guy who's never done anything just all of a sudden decides to go on a bender during the super bowl.

Seems unlikely.

Maybe he just never got caught before

It's a tweet from a 3rd party source...highly reliable....

Originally posted by Fresh49:

Originally posted by evil:

Via Ian Rapaport :

My understanding is the benching of #Patriots CB Malcolm Butler happened because of a perfect storm of issues: Sickness, a rough week of practice, and a minor rule violation believed to be related to curfew. A complicated matter.

So he and Rowe find out that he will be sitting the entire SB prior to the game? Totally mishandled smh.

Rowe gets the nod earlier in the week in practice w 1st team reps makes more sense if thats the case .

Originally posted by teylo31:

While this story may be true ill wait till i get better informant then from joeypigskins who tweeted a horrible game of telephone

Originally posted by evil:

Originally posted by Fresh49:

Originally posted by evil:

Via Ian Rapaport :

My understanding is the benching of #Patriots CB Malcolm Butler happened because of a perfect storm of issues: Sickness, a rough week of practice, and a minor rule violation believed to be related to curfew. A complicated matter.

So he and Rowe find out that he will be sitting the entire SB prior to the game? Totally mishandled smh.

Rowe gets the nod earlier in the week in practice w 1st team reps makes more sense if thats the case .

You just jumped to conclusions. The curfew matter could have been the final straw and happened Saturday night when practices were already completed.

Without knowing the details, we do not know if it was mishandled or not.

Originally posted by Fresh49:

BS, it was mishandled. You dont do it right at the anthem. Period.

Originally posted by evil:
Via Ian Rapaport :

My understanding is the benching of #Patriots CB Malcolm Butler happened because of a perfect storm of issues: Sickness, a rough week of practice, and a minor rule violation believed to be related to curfew. A complicated matter.

Originally posted by evil:

Originally posted by Fresh49:

BS, it was mishandled. You dont do it right at the anthem. Period.

They did it after warmups from what I have seen, not right at the anthem.

And we do not know what happened after warmups and before they took the field at 630. There could be more to the story for all we know.

Originally posted by jcs:

He also missed the team flight and had to get to Minn on a chartered jet.

Originally posted by Fresh49:

Ive heard numerous accounts that Butler heard it prior to the anthem. The other guy right before kickoff. That is irrelevant tho, for BB reasons of "matchups" you do that long before then. And especially if an infraction didnt happen that afternoon, after walkthroughs, the timing is BS. Period.

Originally posted by evil:

Originally posted by jcs:
He also missed the team flight and had to get to Minn on a chartered jet.

Fwiw he was sick. So long as he had permission to arrive late then it is fine, but we do not know that.

Originally posted by Fresh49:
Ive heard numerous accounts that Butler heard it prior to the anthem. The other guy right before kickoff. That is irrelevant tho, for BB reasons of "matchups" you do that long before then. And especially if an infraction didnt happen that afternoon, after walkthroughs, the timing is BS. Period.

But we do not know if an infraction happened that afternoon or not. Which is why jumping to conclusions, taking sides and pointing fingers as to who is right and wrong is doing so without knowing all of the facts.

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by njninersfan420:
Pretty crazy they sit their best cb in the super bowl and allow 41 points in a loss where Brady threw for 500 yards and 3 tds. Former pat Brandon browner posted multiple Instagram posts calling out belichek, one of which was liked by current pat donta hightower.

He hasnt been their best CB all season. Its been Gilmore and its not really close. But why he wasn't out there instead of a guy like Bademosi is beyond me.